Effect of Virtual Reality on treatment experience during surgical treatment of Carpal tunnel and trigger finger syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Triggerfinger
10040795

Registration Number: NL-OMON49045

Lead Sponsor: Isala Klinieken

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

All patients who visited the outpatient clinic and were diagnosed with either
carpal tunnel syndrome or triggerfiger of a single digit and suitable for
undergoing wide awake local anesthetic surgery were asked to participate in
this study.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria was motion sickness, unwillingness to wear bands around the
head, patients younger than 18 years old or patients with claustrofobia.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Multiple outcomes were measured, of which all were measured both<br /><br>peri-operatively, direct post-operatively as well as 2 weeks post-operatively.<br /><br>We divided the outcome measures in three groups: Patient reported outcomes<br /><br>(PROMS), Patient reported experience outcomes (PREMS) and objective outcomes.<br /><br>Below we will elaborate on these different sets of outcomes.<br /><br>PROMS<br /><br>We measured pain, fun, nausea and relaxation using a 0-10 Likert Scale during<br /><br>peri-operatively and direct post-operatively. In addition, we asked patients to<br /><br>fill in the PHQ-4 questionaire for anxiety peri-operatively and direct<br /><br>post-operatively.<br /><br>Furthermore, patients were asked to fill in the Michigan hand<br /><br>questionnaire/DASH at 2 weeks post-operatively.<br /><br>PREMS<br /><br>CQ-index was asked to be filled in after two weeks post-operatively to assess<br /><br>what the overall experience was the given treatment</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures